Maintaining presence

Hey everyone, hope you’re having a good new year. This is just a short noteto update you on some maintenance stuff, since this blog has undergone somechanges in the last few months.

1. Updated links:

I’ve updated the links section, which I’d neglected for most of the last 2years. So you’ll find some of the links gone, as well as some new ones added.Among those are 2 of my most loyal readers (Zahera and Prixie – thanx forstill visiting after all this time, even though the posts are coming wayslower than before), a new blog my wife and I started last year, as well asthe site of the President of Iran, who seems to be quite adept at theblogging thing. I’m not one for politics, but the man has impressed me, andhe writes very well – so check out his blog and see if you learn anything newabout his country, other than the negative propoganda going round in thenews. (Thanks to Shafinaaz for the link – found it on her blog).

2. Subscribe by email:

I also added a subscription link, which you’ll find at the bottom of theright hand column. If you’d like to be updated whenever there’s something newon this blog, you can click on that to find out more.

3. Theme changes:

You may have noticed this blog turned green late last year. That’s notbecause it got ripe (I know…corny. But I love making corny jokes ;) ) – butbecause I’ve wanted to make a big change in the look for a long time. I triedsome of the other WordPress themes, but nothing caught my fancy (I’m veryparticular – so that’s not surprising). Because I know almost nothing aboutthe visual side of blogs, I can’t design my own theme – nor do I want to. Butif anyone has a good 3-column theme that would work with WordPress, let meknow.

Anyway, hope you’re all good, and hope you’ll stick with the blog in 2009.

Links

Beyond Hajj
My other blog, focussing on my Hajj journey, and written for a multi-faith audience

Bridges Foundation
An organization that aims to open communication channels to narrow the gap of understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims; through educating both sides about the culture of the other.